9 bodies retrieved from dumpsite in Mukuru slums, Nairobi

Shock engulfed the residents of Mukuru slums in Nairobi on Friday after nine human bodies were retrieved from a dumpsite in the area.

The bodies were wrapped in sacks and dumped at a dumping site. Police say some were fresh while others were decomposed.

Eight of the bodies were women, police said in their preliminary investigations.

Witnesses and police said some had burns. They seemed to have been killed elsewhere and dumped at the site near Kware Police Station.

The discovery was made by local youths at about midday on Friday, July 12.

Police arrived at the scene as the bodies were being retrieved by the youth and helped to move them to the mortuary pending identification and autopsy.

Police said they are investigating. It is not clear who was behind the murder.

There are fears the number of the bodies would increase. This is because the site is expansive and it was stinking even after the nine bodies were removed.

Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said they are investigating the deaths which he added indicate to murder.

This comes amid complaints that a number of people are missing after last month’s anti-tax protests in the country.

Some have been found dead in mortuaries while others are yet to be found.

Various government agencies are investigating the issue amid devastations in families.